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Insult him? It was the author's own words; I was agreeing with his realization. Before doing a startup, I (fallentimes) used to be the consultant on "multimill

Insult him? It was the author's own words; I was agreeing with his realization. Before doing a startup, I (fallentimes) used to be the consultant on "multimillion dollar projects". I agree with regards to the second comment though.

timr 18y ago
The author clearly wrote that sentence to express the irony of the situation; your comment contributed no additional information, except to lay on the sarcasm. Point being, when there are a thousand different insightful things that one could say about the content of the story, a seven-word zinger about the value of his MBA degree doesn't strike me as a particularly constructive comment.
- fallentimes 18y ago
  In my opinion, the quote perfectly summarized not only the entire article, but the situations each of us often find ourselves in. "Shit, I watched my Dad do this a million times why can't I do it now?" "Wasn't I supposed to learn how to do this in college - where the heck was I that day?" "I thought after learning how to do X, I'd know how to apply it to Y" "I thought after listening to him, I'd be able to do this" But, fair enough, I see your point (I should have added the above comment to my original posting); I'll try to elaborate more in the future.
- mattmaroon 18y ago
  If you think genuinely agreeing with something the author said is sarcasm, you should look the term up in the dictionary. I don't know whether the comment added value or not, but it certainly wasn't sarcastic and almost certainly wasn't insulting.
  - timr 18y ago
    If your dictionary has rules for sarcasm, I think I would like to see it.
    - mattmaroon 18y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm "Sarcasm is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing." I don't think agreeing fits.
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      - timr 18y ago
        Well, if wikipedia says it, it must be true. (See that? Agreement.)
        timr 18y ago
        I see the humor police are out in force. For those of you who are unable to resist clicking the little down arrow on comments that seem vaguely negative, let's be clear: the whole point was to demonstrate that it's possible to be sarcastic while still agreeing with someone. Yeesh. In particular, when you "agree" with something that you have quoted out of context, it's quite easy to paint it with the opposite of its intended meaning. That's what the OP did -- he took a remark that wasn't intended to disparage the MBA degree, and turned it into something that did. That's called sarcasm, whether wikipedia is your authoritative reference on the subject, or not.
        mattmaroon 18y ago
        Note that I said genuinely agreeing, as his first comment seemed to be and his second specifically stated he was. You can't be sarcastic while genuinely agreeing.
        fallentimes 18y ago
        Not like it matters at this point, but I was generally agreeing with the author because I used to be him. However, as noted in my comment above I should have elaborated. It's always interesting when people declare what someone else is saying or thinking or trying to convey instead of just asking them to clarify :).

timr 18y ago

The author clearly wrote that sentence to express the irony of the situation; your comment contributed no additional information, except to lay on the sarcasm. Point being, when there are a thousand different insightful things that one could say about the content of the story, a seven-word zinger about the value of his MBA degree doesn't strike me as a particularly constructive comment.

fallentimes 18y ago
In my opinion, the quote perfectly summarized not only the entire article, but the situations each of us often find ourselves in. "Shit, I watched my Dad do this a million times why can't I do it now?" "Wasn't I supposed to learn how to do this in college - where the heck was I that day?" "I thought after learning how to do X, I'd know how to apply it to Y" "I thought after listening to him, I'd be able to do this" But, fair enough, I see your point (I should have added the above comment to my original posting); I'll try to elaborate more in the future.
mattmaroon 18y ago
If you think genuinely agreeing with something the author said is sarcasm, you should look the term up in the dictionary. I don't know whether the comment added value or not, but it certainly wasn't sarcastic and almost certainly wasn't insulting.
- timr 18y ago
  If your dictionary has rules for sarcasm, I think I would like to see it.
  - mattmaroon 18y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm "Sarcasm is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing." I don't think agreeing fits.
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    - timr 18y ago
      Well, if wikipedia says it, it must be true. (See that? Agreement.)
      - timr 18y ago
        I see the humor police are out in force. For those of you who are unable to resist clicking the little down arrow on comments that seem vaguely negative, let's be clear: the whole point was to demonstrate that it's possible to be sarcastic while still agreeing with someone. Yeesh. In particular, when you "agree" with something that you have quoted out of context, it's quite easy to paint it with the opposite of its intended meaning. That's what the OP did -- he took a remark that wasn't intended to disparage the MBA degree, and turned it into something that did. That's called sarcasm, whether wikipedia is your authoritative reference on the subject, or not.
        mattmaroon 18y ago
        Note that I said genuinely agreeing, as his first comment seemed to be and his second specifically stated he was. You can't be sarcastic while genuinely agreeing.
        fallentimes 18y ago
        Not like it matters at this point, but I was generally agreeing with the author because I used to be him. However, as noted in my comment above I should have elaborated. It's always interesting when people declare what someone else is saying or thinking or trying to convey instead of just asking them to clarify :).